The City of Ottawa and Councillor Riley Brockington are hosting a community information session on the development proposal for the new Civic Hospital campus to be built at the Sir John Carling site, on the south side of Carling Ave. just west of Dow’s Lake.

The evening will include an overview of the project and the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications, a presentation on The Ottawa Hospital’s response to comments received to date, a panel discussion, and information on how members of the public can engage in the process as it progresses. City and Hospital staff will be on site to answer questions.

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We invite you to join us in Dalhousie Park South on Saturday, September 9th at 8:00 PM for a movie night in the park. Hosted by the Glebe Annex Community Association and DJ Morris Rothman are proud to present Dr. Suess’s The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, a fun musical for the whole family. Admission is free and free popcorn will be available. We hope to see you there!

Please find enclosed the following notice from Hockey Eastern Ontario regarding their Free Used Equipment Program.

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Want to Play Hockey but not sure you can afford it? Hockey Eastern Ontario has you covered with our Free Used Equipment Program. The program is run in association with Jumpstart and the Ottawa Senators and basically amounts to HEO having a storage locker at the Dymon 4338 Innes with a wide variety of used equipment. To access the program appointments can be made with Vanessa Valente by email at vvalente@hockeyeasternontario.ca.

Please find enclosed a notice from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation preliminary design and environmental assessment study for the rehabilitation and / or replacement of seven bridges (at four locations) on Highway 417 (Ottawa Queensway) from Metcalfe Street to Main Street, including the Rideau Canal Bridge, in the City of Ottawa.

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FCA-FAC Summer Newsletter – July 20, 2017

News from Federation of Citizens’ Associations of Ottawa

Planning and Development

1. At our meeting in Kanata May 17, 2017 Stephen Willis, the city of Ottawa’s planning department’s new GM, presented his report on Planning, infrastructure and economic development. Please see more information on it here.
Included in the link are his powerpoint presentation, a copy of the city staff planning list and the Q&A of the FCA members’ questions and answers from Mr. Willis.

2. At our AGM June 15, 2017 keynote speaker & former OMB Member Marc Denhez presented his talk on ”Fixing the Planning System.” in Ontario. You can find the notes of his talk here.

3. Infill I-II update. FCA President Sheila Perry met with Elizabeth Desmarais from the City of Ottawa’s planning department in July 2017 to discuss Infill I-II. Details of the meeting including a power point presentation from the City can be found here.

4. The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) has granted Taggart Miller approval to proceed with the CRRRC Landfill and Waste Processing Facility at Boundary Road and Hwy 417. Details of the decision can be found here.

A recent Globe and mail article on what the development community is doing on the issue can be found here.

FCA Member associations are encouraged to submit their respective views to their MPP as well as to the FCA for further discussion. For more details please visit theFCA website here.

6. The Salvation Army is proposing to move from its current George Street location to Montreal road. Information on the application can be found here.

7. The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has initiated a preliminary design and environmental assessment study for the rehabilitation and / or replacement of seven bridges (at four locations) on Highway 417 (Ottawa Queensway) from Metcalfe Street to Main Street, including the Rideau Canal Bridge, in the City of Ottawa. A letter notifying you of the study commencement can be found here.

8. Bunkhouses: July 12, Council unanimously passed an interim control bylaw for areas that have seen a number of bunkhouses built. This interim control bylaw takes effect July 12 and is valid for 1 year. It applies to all lands zoned R1, R2, R3 or R4 and located within these areas Sandy Hill, Heron Park, and portions of Old Ottawa East, Old Ottawa South, Centretown and Overbrook. Basically it bans any new bunkhouse developments.

Specifically,
(a) no new apartment may contain more than 4 bedrooms,
(b) no new apartment may exceed 120m2 in floor area,
(c) no new detached house may contain more than six bedrooms, and
(d) no new apartment building with six apartments or fewer may exceed a total floor area of 500m2, including any basement, motor vehicle storage area or any other building area.
Details here and here.

3. Membership: The FCA is pleased to announce that Heritage Ottawa is the newest Member of the FCA. Have inquiries about FCA membership? Please contact us at info@fca-fac.ca.

4. The FCA would like to congratulate its 2016-2017 FCA Award winners Judy Forrest, Ian Johns and Archie Campbell. Details & pictures of the winners can be found here. The official press release on the winners can be found here.

5. Next FCA-FAC General Meeting
The next FCA-FAC general meeting is September 20, 2017. It will be hosted in Overbrook by the Overbrook community association.